At the Head of the Dragon
In developing an area economic considerations are usually given priority over the effects of such activities on the environment. This policy has resulted in environmental degradation in many places.
July 28, 2009
TEIN Saputra has a special term for the Kelapa Gading estate. “An unnaturally created city,” is how the 43 year old security officer for the mixed business and residential estate in North Jakarta, refers to it; because, according to Tein who is one of the original inhabitants of the area, until 1985 Kelapa Gading still consisted of swamplands and rice fields—complete with 2-meter-tall thorny plants—which functioned as a natural water catc
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